Release Date:- 2007-03-08
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The authors of this little book believe that there is no line of separation between the science of agriculture and the practical art of agriculture. They are assured by experience that agriculture is eminently a teachable subject. They are convinced..
Release Date:- 2022-12-01
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In a world of contradictions, of abundance and shortages, technological wealth and resource constraints, longer life spans and global threats to our life, the people and businesses of the agri-food community must work together across the globe to find..
Release Date:- 2019-06-03
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Conservation agriculture can rise to the major challenge of making sustainable intensification of production systems a reality. In order for farmers to transition to appropriate sustainable production systems, the provision of an adequate enabling environment..
Release Date:- 2011-04-21
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"Agriculture is a general, is a science and art or the process of supplying human wants by raising the products of soil and the associated industries. It is also known as cultivation of animals, plants and other life forms for food and other related areas/products..
Release Date:- 2019-06-27
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The IMELS has fostered, within this project, knowledge sharing on CSA, the creation and the implementation of GACSA, and the development of initiatives to support developing countries in their international commitments for climate change and sustainable..
Release Date:- 2013-12-16
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This book gives general information on several types of Beef Breeds from across the world. It covers many breeds classified as British, Continental, Zebu, and Composite Breeds. Information includes Breed Name, Origin, Description, Average Weight, History,..
Release Date:- 1898-01-01
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The object of cultivating the soil is to raise from it a crop of plants. In order to cultivate with economy, we must raise the largest possible quantity with the least expense, and without permanent injury to the soil. Before this can be done we must..
Release Date:- 2015-11-11
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Why write a book on macroeconomic policies and their links to agriculture and food security in developing countries? The food price spikes of the years just prior to 2010 and the economic, political, and social dislocations they generated refocused the..
Release Date:- 2012-07-23
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, countries within Sub-Saharan Africa reached milestones that seemed impossible only ten years ago: macroeconomic stability, sustained economic growth, and improved governance. Continuing this pattern of..
Release Date:- 2012-02-09
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The fundamental purpose of agriculture is not just to produce food and raw materials, but also to grow healthy, well-nourished people. One of the sector’s most important tasks then is to provide food of sufficient quantity and quality to feed and nourish..
Release Date:- 2021-10-13
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Understanding on natural processes of soil fertility and vegetation is named as Paradoxical Agriculture PA or PQNK . From thousands of years natural vegetations is thriving without depletion of any resources. No fertilizer applications and not even agro..
Release Date:- 2014-05-08
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Even though agriculture contributes only 1.2% of total GDP in the EU-27, it is one of the most important economic activities. In addition to providing people with high-quality food, agriculture takes care of preserving the cultivated landscape, has a..
Release Date:- 2018-01-13
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This open access book applies for the first time emerging concepts of socioeconomics to analyse an economic sector, namely agriculture. It considers the rational choices of all actors in the system (just as agricultural economists do) and their cultural..
Release Date:- 2020-02-21
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Biodiversity for food and agriculture is the diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms at genetic, species and ecosystem levels, present in and around crop, livestock, forest and aquatic production systems. It is essential to the structure, functions..
Release Date:- 1878-01-01
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One maintains that each river has its own variety of fish, which can be distinguished from the fish of any other river; another contends that there is no such difference; a third states that stake nets are exceedingly injurious to the breed of the fish;..
Release Date:- 1834-01-01
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A revision of the corn laws, it is understood, is immediately to come under the consideration of the legislature. That the decision on such a subject, should be founded on a correct and enlightened view of the whole question, will be allowed to be of..
Release Date:- 1911-01-01
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This is a classic book, a major inspiration to me and many others interested in sustainable agriculture, including Robert Rodale and Sir Albert Howard. It's main drawback is that it promotes a very biased view of the positive aspects of traditional intensive..
Release Date:- 2020-10-07
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This open access book is an important reframing of the role of innovation in agriculture. Dr. Campos and his distinguished coauthors address the need for agriculture to feed a growing global population with a reduced environmental footprint while adapting..
Release Date:- 2020-06-10
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An increasing number of farmers and scientists believe the foundational ideas of mainstream agronomy are incomplete and unsound. Conventional crop production ignores biology in favor of chemical interventions, leading farmers to buy inputs they don't..
Release Date:- 2016-04-28
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Agriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is practised all over the world, using techniques ranging from the profoundly traditional to the most scientifically advanced. Without it we would starve. Yet how many of us understand what is happening..
Release Date:- 2021-10-08
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This book will convince the reader to care about fruit and vegetables and to see that the small-scale production of these crops is fundamental to achieving sustainable development goals. In five chapters, the reader will learn about the challenges and..
Release Date:- 2016-03-03
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These guidelines shall assist countries to implement the Second GPA in harmony with other relevant national and international commitments. Cognizant of each country’s needs, capacities and constraints, national strategies for PGRFA should identify a..
Release Date:- 2019-12-01
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Transforming Agriculture with Artificial Intelligence. At a time where the world needs to produce more with fewer resources, artificial intelligence (AI) could help to transform agriculture worldwide. SPORE is the quarterly magazine of the Technical C..
Release Date:- 2019-08-19
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Developed through leveraging different expertise in FAO, it is a key resource to assist professionals involved in different areas - from breeding to production; from food transformation and packaging to transportation and trade; from marketing and value..
Release Date:- 2016-04-25
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Agriculture and social protection are fundamentally linked in the context of rural livelihoods in Africa. Poor and food-insecure families depend primarily on agriculture and partly on non-farm income and private transfers for their livelihoods, and are..
Release Date:- 2020-05-26
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This open access short reader looks into the dynamics which have reshaped rural development and human landscapes in European agriculture and the role of immigrant people. Within this framework it analyses contemporary rural migrations and the emergence..
Release Date:- 2024-03-19
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This open access book, building on the legacy of food systems scholar and advocate, Jerome Kaufman, examines the potential and pitfalls of planning for urban agriculture (UA) in the United States, especially in how questions of ethics and equity are addressed...
Release Date:- 2020-05-11
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While agriculture absorbs rural workforce, generates income and increases food security, it has become the most important driver in freshwater exploitation. The rapid expansion of water demand leads to the generalized phenomena of imbalance between water..
